Nuclear Power, friend or foe?
The Bush Administration's top dog, good old Dick, has been promoting Atomic Energy since 2001. This is a big leap forward for Nuclear Power, which has been ill favored in the United States do to the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. Another black eye for Atomic power was the Chernobyl catastrophe Russia experienced in 1986.
I for one believe it is high time we pursue this underutilized energy source aggressively.
Since Three Mile Island, safety has been a priority of the Atomic Energy Commission. To corroborate this, there has not been even one documented case of nuclear power failure in the last 20 years.
Currently the United States has over 100 nuclear power plants that produce approximately 20% of our country’s energy. Good old Dick needs a pat on the head for proposing we build a minimum of 5 new nuclear power plants each year for an infinite number of years.
If you are concerned about having a nuclear power plant being built in your backyard, relax, you probably live an hour or two from one already. Hell, 5000 sailors live on aircraft carriers and these ships are powered by atomic energy. They aren't scared!
Since Three Mile Island, safety has been a priority of the Atomic Energy Commission. To corroborate this, there has not been even one documented case of nuclear power failure in the last 20 years.
Currently the United States has over 100 nuclear power plants that produce approximately 20% of our country’s energy. Good old Dick needs a pat on the head for proposing we build a minimum of 5 new nuclear power plants each year for an infinite number of years.
If you are concerned about having a nuclear power plant being built in your backyard, relax, you probably live an hour or two from one already. Hell, 5000 sailors live on aircraft carriers and these ships are powered by atomic energy. They aren't scared!
The biggest hurdle for the proponents of atomic energy remains, what to do with the hazardous materials? These are spent fuel rods and nuclear waste. Many countries primary solution is to reprocess spent fuel rods. This reclamation process reduces the amount of nuclear waste and recharges spent fuel rods to a useful capacity, albeit a diminished one. The remaining waste materials are stored indefinitely in the hope that time will diminish their potency. President Jimmie Carter banned the reprocessing of nuclear waste in the U.S. during his term as president. Maybe he should have concentrated his efforts on growing peanuts.
In closing, rather than drill for oil or natural gas in the Rocky Mountains or on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, lets clean up our act closer to home with Atomic Energy.
In closing, rather than drill for oil or natural gas in the Rocky Mountains or on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, lets clean up our act closer to home with Atomic Energy.
posted by david at 12:23 PM
3 Comments:
I do not only think that Nuclear Power idea is bad because it will decrease the health of our already depleted environment but because with America's growing list of enemies I think the nuclear plants will only increase America's terror allert.
I recently spent a Boy Scout weekend at a nuclear power station learning all about the pros and cons of this type of energy. It changed my mind, to the yes side, on using it for fuel . I think we have enough plants already built, but since they are there way not use them. At the rate Americans waste things we will probably need it in the future, so why not learn to properly use it now.
This is an intriguing post. Aren't most people for them, but they don't want to live near them?
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